dwellan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dwaljaną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdwel.lɑn/, [ˈdweɫ.ɫɑn]

Verb

dwellan

to mislead, deceive
Mē þyncþ þæt þū mē dwealde.
It seems that you have deceived me.
to hinder
to err, go astray
to dwell, remain

Conjugation

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Related terms

dwelian

Descendants

Middle English: dwellen, duell, duelle, dwel, dwell, dwelle, dwellyn, dweylle
- English: dwell
- Scots: dwall

Further reading

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “dwellan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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